This event is brought to you by YCSC: South Yorkshire Chapter, Sheffield Hallam University, BCS South Yorkshire Branch and HSBC. This event is a fantastic opportunity for knowledge exchange and interaction between academia, students and industry, aiming to create an interactive environment for building fruitful partnerships. However, this event is not exclusive - anyone can attend to acquire knowledge and develop their expertise!
Morning session:
Final year cyber security undergraduate students at Sheffield Hallam University will be showcasing their final year projects as poster presentations. You will be able to view and discuss the students' posters, as well as participate in quickfire talks. There will also be prizes for the best student poster presentations.
Afternoon session:
We have some exciting guest speakers and a panel discussion lined up for you! Join us in welcoming guest speakers Melanie Oldham OBE, Founder of Bob's Business & Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster Chair, and Stephen Hack, Head of Vulnerability Operations at HSBC.
Prepare to be captivated by their insightful talks and engaging participation in a dynamic panel discussion, where we will have a few more guest speakers joining us.
This event is brought to you by YCSC: South Yorkshire Chapter, Sheffield Hallam University, BCS South Yorkshire Branch and HSBC. This event is a fantastic opportunity for knowledge exchange and interaction between academia, students and industry, aiming to create an interactive environment for building fruitful partnerships. However, this event is not exclusive - anyone can attend to acquire knowledge and develop their expertise!
Morning session:
Final year cyber security undergraduate students at Sheffield Hallam University will be showcasing their final year projects as poster presentations. You will be able to view and discuss the students' posters, as well as participate in quickfire talks. There will also be prizes for the best student poster presentations.
Lunch & Learn, Networking
Afternoon session:
We have some exciting guest speakers and a panel discussion lined up for you! Join us in welcoming guest speakers Melanie Oldham OBE, Founder of Bob's Business & Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster Chair, and Stephen Hack, Head of Vulnerability Operations at HSBC.
Prepare to be captivated by their insightful talks and engaging participation in a dynamic panel discussion, where we will have a few more guest speakers joining us.
This event is brought to you by YCSC: South Yorkshire Chapter, Sheffield Hallam University, BCS South Yorkshire Branch and HSBC. This event is a fantastic opportunity for knowledge exchange and interaction between academia, students and industry, aiming to create an interactive environment for building fruitful partnerships. However, this event is not exclusive - anyone can attend to acquire knowledge and develop their expertise!
Secure Against What? A Threat Modelling Masterclass
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During this masterclass we will be joined by Richard King, Business Analyst at BJSS. Richard has never had much respect for warranties. As a child, his parents banned him from going within arm's length of any new household electronics, in case he tried to take them apart to find out how they worked. Later he became interested not only in how things work but also how they fail. He's worked on various security products, including DDoS protection, encrypted multi-party chat, secure file-sharing, and accidental data-breach prevention.
Richard is currently a business analyst, squad lead, and security evangelist at BJSS Sheffield.
Threat modelling is an analysis method that helps you identify vulnerabilities so that you can mitigate them.
It's a proactive way to review and improve your security.
Join us to work through a practical threat-modelling method that will:
- Minimise vulnerabilities
- Avoid waste
- Communicate the security properties of your system
- Explain which security measures are necessary or valuable, and why
Securing the Supply Chain: A Spotlight on Cyber Security in Manufacturing
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The Event:
Join us for an essential event focused on the significance of cyber security in the thriving manufacturing hub of Yorkshire. Presented in partnership with the Advance Manufacturing Research Center at their state-of-the-art venue in Sheffield, this gathering brings together experts and industry leaders to address the pressing need for robust cyber security and OT security practices.
Delve into the challenges faced by local manufacturers, explore innovative solutions, and gain insights into leveraging cyber security measures to protect the production processes.
In this exclusive event, you'll have the opportunity to network, exchange knowledge, and collaborate on strategies to safeguard Yorkshire's manufacturing future against cyber threats. Don't miss this chance to be part of the forefront of cybersecurity in Yorkshire's manufacturing landscape.
Venue:
AMRC Factory 2050, Sheffield Business Park, Europa Avenue, Sheffield, S9 1ZA
(Satnav: please use "S9 1XZ"), Parking avalible on site.
Agenda:
12:00 - 12:15
Arrival Refreshments
12:15 - 13:00
Tour of the AMRC
Grace (Lim Jia Mei Grace) Lim
Including live demos and insights on current research projects
13:00 - 14:00
Networking Lunch
Free lunch provided, please let us know of any dietary requirements and alleges in the order form.
14:00 - 14:30
Speaker 1 and Q&A
15:00 - 15:30
Interactive Pannel Session
Michael Faulks FCIIS
Masterclass: Becoming Less Operational & More Strategic In Your Business
In today's dynamic business landscape, staying ahead requires a shift from the day-to-day operational grind to a more strategic approach. This masterclass is designed to equip you with the tools, insights, and mindset needed to lead your organisation with clarity and purpose.
Key Takeaways:
Understand why you need to become a strategic leader & what happens if you don’t.
Gain clarity on the mindset shifts and skills required to transition from an operational focus to a strategic approach.
Discover practical tools and techniques to develop strategic thinking, such as SWOT analysis, scenario planning, and prioritisation frameworks.
Learn effective strategies to integrate strategic thinking into your daily routines and decision-making processes.
The YCSC is a professional network of cyber security practitioners and those with an interest in the industry, created as part of the UK Cyber Security Forum to help cyber security experts and organisations across the region to collaborate and build a stronger standard of cyber security as part of a knowledge exchange collective.
The cluster's role is to support, inspire, and work collaboratively with cyber security professionals to strengthen the regional cyber security ecosystem.
1. Achieve sustainable funding
2 . Develop a strong committed community membership
3 . Support local economy
4. Establish as an authentic leader in the cyber security industry
5. Defining, developing and support achievable pathways
The YCSC is a professional network of cyber security practitioners and those with an interest in the industry, created as part of the UK Cyber Security Forum to help cyber security experts and organisations across the region to collaborate and build a stronger standard of cyber security as part of a knowledge exchange collective.
The cluster's role is to support, inspire, and work collaboratively with cyber security professionals to strengthen the regional cyber security ecosystem.
1. Achieve sustainable funding
2 . Develop a strong committed community membership
3 . Support local economy
4. Establish as an authentic leader in the cyber security industry
5. Defining, developing and support achievable pathways
N,W,S & E Yorkshire Cluster Event- In Person January Cluster Collaboration
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The N,W,S & E Yorkshire Cluster Event will bring together the cyber security enthusiasts across Yorkshire and the Humber to build seamless, collaborative cyber security projects.
We’ll have plenty of time for participation, networking and discussion via a Q&A with the YCSC.
If you work or have an interest in cyber security projects in Yorkshire and the Humber we’d love for you to join us!
Join us at the YCSC Relaunch Meet Up to reflect on 2022 and look towards our aims for next year, including an exciting new awards night. Our hosts Melanie Oldham OBE and Gary Hibberd, will also share how members can get involved in our many projects.
We’ll have plenty of time for participation, discussion and networking via a Q&A with the cluster.
If you work or have an interest in cyber security in Yorkshire and the Humber, we’d love for you to join us!
On Wednesday 19th October, we will be discussing Data Protection!
In cyber security, we focus heavily on the technical aspects of security. But what is it all for? The answer is, the protection of data.
Although data protection is often perceived as a boring topic, yet it is the very reason our profession exists.
In our session this month, we will discuss establishing and maintaining a data inventory and data classification scheme. We will discuss the technical and organisational measures you should put in place to protect data, including encryption and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technologies.
Join us on Wednesday 28th September to discuss Application Software Security!
How do we prevent Bugs from eating your business?!
Every system has flaws, and some of these can lead to our systems and services failing!
From hosted and acquired to in-house developed systems, are we confident in how to build security features that prevent security vulnerabilities from being exploited?
Because the faster and earlier you can detect and resolve security concerns in the software development process, the safer your company will be so our in-person event in September will focus on this important and often neglected area of Security and development.
We will discuss “Security by design” and “Privacy by design” and other important secure design principles.
We’ll look at simple measures you can take to ensure cracks in the system, don’t let the bugs in!
Application security is the process of developing, adding, and testing security features within applications to prevent security vulnerabilities against threats such as unauthorized access and modification.
Application Software Security - How do you manage the security life cycle of in-house developed, hosted, or acquired software to prevent, detect, and remediate security weaknesses before they can impact the enterprise?
Join us on Wednesday 28th September at the Digital Media Centre in Barnsley to discuss Application Software Security!
How do we prevent Bugs from eating your business?!
Every system has flaws, and some of these can lead to our systems and services failing!
From hosted and acquired to in-house developed systems, are we confident in how to build security features that prevent security vulnerabilities from being exploited?
Because the faster and earlier you can detect and resolve security concerns in the software development process, the safer your company will be so our in-person event in September will focus on this important and often neglected area of Security and development.
We will discuss “Security by design” and “Privacy by design” and other important secure design principles.
We’ll look at simple measures you can take to ensure cracks in the system, don’t let the bugs in!
Application security is the process of developing, adding, and testing security features within applications to prevent security vulnerabilities against threats such as unauthorized access and modification.
Application Software Security - How do you manage the security life cycle of in-house developed, hosted, or acquired software to prevent, detect, and remediate security weaknesses before they can impact the enterprise?
Webinar - Email and Web Browser Protections, Malware Defences
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On Wednesday 20th July, we will be discussing Email and Web Browser Protections, Malware Defences.
Love it or hate it, Email is still the number one method of business communication, and still the number one method used by Scammers and Cybercriminals to gain access to your business (and your life!). Email and web browsers are the windows into the Cyber universe, but if we leave them unchecked – who is climbing in through those windows?
As one Hacker told us “Once I have access to your inbox, I own you!”.
So in our next YCSC in July, we want to explore what we can do to better protect ourselves when using email or web browsers.
We’ll discuss…
What is DMARC? And how can it help protect your business.
What Filters are necessary – Different types, why they are important and why you need to talk to your board about them.
What forms of Email and malware protection you need.
Importantly we will also cover malware defences – what they are, what you need and why you can’t afford to ignore them.
We have amazing members at the Cluster so we want you to come to the event with your best advice and ideas.
Come share, learn and contribute. We look forward to seeing you there.
We will be discussing Service Provider Management.
As the saying goes, “We are only as strong as our weakest link”. So how strong is the supply chain that we use in our own organisations?
In our May session, we will take a look at supplier management and discuss the risks we need to manage and how these should be managed. With the help of the YCSC community we will discuss:
- How we classify service providers.
- How we onboard new suppliers.
- What security controls are you expecting to see?
- Your legal obligations associated with controllers and processors.
- How regularly you should audit your suppliers, and what are you auditing against?
The risks surrounding third party providers is said to be on the increase and with ISO27002:2022 specifically focusing a control on Cloud Security, this is a topic of increasing importance.
Join us for Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster's first virtual Masterclass! We will be holding these sessions on a monthly basis.
The YCSC is a professional network of Cyber Security practitioners and those with an interest in the industry within the Yorkshire Region. Created as part of the UK Cyber Security Forum to help cyber security experts and organisations across the region to collaborate and build a stronger standard of cyber security as part of a knowledge exchange collective.
This YCSC introduction to open source intelligence (OSINT) webinar is going to cover main definitions and concepts related to OSINT, as well as practical, hands-on skills required to locate and analyse information.
Our focus for this session will be on the collection of information from the current Ukraine-Russia conflict, as well as providing relevant OSINT techniques that can be used in your daily routine of using the internet.
The session will be run by Vincent Cook, Founder & Chief Executive Officer at CYB3R OPERATIONS.
Virtual event - Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessments
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We will be delving into the world of Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessments:
- Is annual Penetration Testing enough?
- What should Penetration Testing entail these days?- How do we (or should we) continuously assess and track vulnerabilities on our assets within our infrastructure, in order to minimize the window of opportunity for attackers?
- What solutions are there?
- What tools & techniques can we deploy to address these important issues?
This YCSC meeting is overlapping with our Cyber Runway Yorkshire Regional Event, run in conjunction with Plexal.
Cybersecurity SMEs, practitioners and thought leaders are invited to join day 2 of our cyber runway event for an extended YCSC meeting from 12am for networking, presentations and discussion around cyber security with the attendees and speakers from day 1 of the cyber runway event. Our schedule is:
12:00 - 13:30 - Lunch, networking and open mic session
13:30 - 15:00 - 20 minute presentations plus 5 minute Q&A sessions:
- Sam Donaldson, Director at Perspective Economics: “Understanding the UK cybersecurity sector”
- Stephen Wray, Partner at Deloitte Cyber: "Cyber - whos buying?"
- Adrian Taylor, Startups and Innovations Mentor at Deloitte Cyber: "Cyber trends - What's coming over the horizon?"
15:00 - 17:00
- ISO27001 update - Gary Hibberd
- NCSC 2022 strategy - Melanie Oldham OBE
- Book club: Open Source Intelligence Techniques by Michael Bazzell
- Networking and drinks
Join the Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster members and steering committee monthly for an open discussion around cybersecurity, data protection, privacy and cybercrime.
Announcing our next YCSC Webinar for Cyber Security Awareness month.
We would love to hear about your experiences of the month:
- What is your business doing to raise awareness?
- What activities have you gotten involved in?
- What events have you attended?
Join the Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster members and steering committee monthly for an open discussion around cybersecurity, data protection, privacy and cybercrime.
Join the Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster members and steering committee monthly for an open discussion around cybersecurity, data protection, privacy and cybercrime.
Webinar: Information Security Policies - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
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The Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster is a professional network of Cyber Security practitioners working within the Yorkshire Region.
About this event
The YCSC is a professional network of Cyber Security practitioners and those with an interest in the industry. Created as part of the UK Cyber Security Forum to help cyber security experts and organisations across the region to collaborate and build a stronger standard of cyber security as part of a knowledge exchange collective.
Join the Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster members and steering committee monthly for an open discussion around cybersecurity, data protection, privacy and cybercrime.
Participate in the open discussion via Google Meets on Risk Management Methodologies:
- People and Training - What should we be doing?
- Policies & Good Practice - An introduction into ISO27005 and Risk Registers.
- Technology & Testing - Segregation of work and social devices with administrative privileges.
- DR & BCP - An overview of Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans regarding Risk.
Secure Software Development and Systems Acquisition - online event
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Join us via Google Meets to discuss Secure Software Development and Systems Acquisition...
- How do we remove unconscious bias from the development lifecycle?
- What is GitHub and is it secure?
- Where does security fit into the Software Development Life Cycle and what does it look like?
- What frameworks do we follow when developing?
- What tools are used to ensure coding is secure?
Join the Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster members and steering committee monthly for an open discussion around cybersecurity, data protection, privacy and cybercrime.
Join the Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster members and steering committee for an open discussion around the following topics:
- The realities of Incident Response (Luke Kiely): The fundamentals of Incident Response, Emotional aspects of a security incident, What does good look like?
- Business Continuity (Jason Newell)
- Room 404 (Stuart Coulson)
- Cyber Kickstart by YCSC
This is a network for sharing knowledge and best practice amongst Yorkshires cybersecurity professionals so please come armed with your views, experiences and questions.
This will be hosted on Google Meets using Slido for audience participation.
In our November Webinar we explored IoT in Smart Cities, Brexit and its Effects on Business alongside welcoming our two guest speakers who discussed the UK Cyber Security Council Formation Project and the Digital Innovation for Growth Programme. With such an interactive session last month, we really hope more of you want to get involved in December's discussion.
The Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster is a collaborative group of experts within the cyber security industry that are committed to reducing cyber crime in the Yorkshire region.
Join the Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster members and steering committee for an open discussion around the following topics:
The Cyber Helpline - Rory Innes joins us this month to tell us how his voluntary run organisation is supporting cyber crime victims, how you can get involved and the projects The Cyber Helpline are currently working on.
Investing in Your Organisations Future Cyber Roles - Our founder Melanie Oldham will discuss how YCSC members and businesses can support the career paths of students to ensure we have a strong cyber work force in the future.
Organisational Resilience 'Round 2 of Covid' - The YCSC Steering Committee will take a deep dive into:
- Human Resilience - Living at work and not working from home?
- Business Continuity and have organisations planned for a second round of lockdown, what are future plans looking like?
- Cybersecurity and the technologies needed moving forward.
- Data Protection – Is this now a more important topic than ever before?
This is a network for sharing knowledge and best practice amongst Yorkshires cybersecurity professionals so please come armed with your views, experiences and questions.
This will be hosted on Google Meets using Slido for audience participation.
The Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster is a collaborative group of experts within the cyber security industry that are committed to reducing cyber crime in the Yorkshire region.
Join the Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster members, steering committee and guest speakers for an open discussion around the following topics:
- Cyber Essential - Mark Dearlove (Guest Speaker - DLA Piper UK)
- NCSC & CyberFirst - Glenn H (Guest Speak - NCSC)
- Who is connecting with you? - YCSC Steering Committee
This is a network for sharing knowledge and best practice amongst Yorkshires cybersecurity professionals so please come armed with your views, experiences and questions.
This will be hosted on Google Meets using Slido for audience participation.
Join the Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster members and steering committee for an open and interactive discussion, more details to follow on topics!
This is a network for sharing knowledge and best practice amongst Yorkshires cybersecurity professionals so please come armed with your views, experiences and questions.
This will be hosted on Google Meets using Slido for audience participation.
Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster Webinar - April 2020: A new way to connect
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The coronavirus outbreak has forced many organisations to stress-test working from home at its most extreme.
Alongside this, we must not forget that isolation may be a completely new and daunting experience for some. It's a topic of discussion that is paramount to gauge how we're all dealing with this Pandemic.
That's why the YCSC has been working hard planning a first of its kind webinar hosted by our chair, Melanie Oldham, alongside Gary Hibberd and our Steering Committee.
GCA Cybersecurity Toolkit for Small Business Workshop
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58% of cybercrime targets small businesses! Join us for an interactive workshop to learn how to protect your business from cyber-attacks.
Join us for an interactive workshop to learn how to protect your business from cyber-attack.
Each attendee will leave the session with practical, concrete solutions they can apply immediately. Bring your laptop!
This non-technical training includes an overview of the current cybersecurity challenges, followed by in-depth instruction on key elements of the GCA Cybersecurity Toolkit for Small Business.
Please visit our eventbrite page for more information on the modules and agenda!
The Yorkshire Cyber Security Cluster is a collaborative group of experts within the cyber security industry that are committed to reducing cyber crime in the Yorkshire region.
- The cluster brings together SMEs, Governing bodies, Universities, Yorkshire Police and regional CISOs and those with a vested interest in cyber.
- Collaboration, sharing of best practices and offer expert advice and guidance to one another and the local community.
If you'd like to engage in insightful discussions or learn from our important presentations, this is for you. Even if you're simply new to the cyber security industry you can join us in discussions and networking with guest speakers to broaden your knowledge base and grow your contacts.
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